Modular platform supports twisted-pair and coaxial cable, delivers
data rates up to 2 Gbps, can be reversed-powered up to hundreds of
meters and enables service providers to adopt pay-as-you-grow
deployment model

Canadian service provider TELUS played a key role in defining the
use cases for the platform

June 20, 2018 02:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

THE HAGUE, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--dataMate, a business unit of Methode Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: MEI), a
global developer and manufacturer of custom engineered and
application-specific products and solutions, MaxLinear Inc. (NYSE: MXL),
a leading provider of mixed-signal integrated circuits for the broadband
market, and LEA Networks, a principal provider of home networking, today
announced a new G.hn-based fiber-to-the-distribution-point (FTTdp)
platform designed to dramatically lower the cost of delivering gigabit
broadband services for service providers.

The Methode micro-DPU is the first single-port “distribution point unit”
in the market that allows service providers to natively leverage
existing twisted pair or coaxial cable infrastructure in their fiber
deployments, which significantly reduces installation costs and
guarantees a gigabit broadband experience in both upstream and
downstream directions.

G.hn is an ITU networking standard that delivers data rates up to 2 Gbps
and can operate over a variety of copper media. Multiple service
providers today rely on G.hn technology to deliver broadband services to
millions of users in North America, Europe and Asia.

The Methode micro-DPU has been designed in close collaboration with
TELUS’ engineering team to address the technical, operational and
competitive business challenges of gigabit broadband service providers
like TELUS.

“Most existing FTTdp solutions in the market require service providers
to make large upfront investments before a single customer signs up for
service. Installing a 16-port DPU when only one subscriber has signed
for service does not make much financial sense,” said Chano Gómez, Sr.
Director, G.hn Marketing at MaxLinear. “The single-port micro-DPU solves
this problem by enabling pioneering carriers such as TELUS to adopt an
innovative pay-as-you-grow model, adding new G.hn ports gradually as new
customers sign up for service in an MDU or condominium. The unique
auto-sync and cross-talk management provided by our VectorBoost™
technology enables multiple independent DPUs to be installed near each
other, with a deployment model that was not possible before.”

Methode General Manager Al Chiappetta added, “For years Methode has been
a leading supplier of pluggable modules for the networking industry, and
we are glad to see that the broadband access industry is also
increasingly adopting modular architectures to reduce their deployment
costs and increase flexibility. By collaborating closely with TELUS’
experienced engineering team, we are confident that our micro-DPU
platform can meet the requirements of other service providers who want
to reduce the cost of their FTTH deployment.”

“Reverse Power Feed is one of the three DPU powering options defined by
BBF TR-301, and thanks to our extensive expertise on powering,
splittering and filtering at very high frequencies, we have come with an
industry-leading open architecture solution around RPF,” said Thierry
Fernandez, CEO of LEA Networks. “Thanks to LEA’s optimal implementation
of reverse power feed injector, TELUS and service providers around the
world will be able to affordably reverse power DPUs with minimal
insertion loss at maximum loop length, helping them reduce installation
time and costs.”

“As TELUS continues to deploy fibre as close to customers as possible,
we recognize there are key deployment scenarios where we need to take
advantage of the existing copper drop or riser,” said David Moore,
Director of Broadband Access Standards at TELUS. “The modular nature of
the micro-DPU ensures it will continue to support our evolving network
in both WAN and LAN environments.”

Technical Details: Methode micro-DPU

The Methode micro-DPU is the first FTTdp DPU in the industry that offers
the following set of capabilities:

Flexible bandwidth provisioning, supporting both fixed TDD ratios or
dynamic time allocation (DTA) on both coax and twisted-pair.

Directly supported in mainline OpenWRT, with the latest Linux 4.14 LTS
kernel and Open vSwitch 2.92. The micro-DPU will be an SDN-ready
software platform with no dependency on proprietary vendor SDKs.

Service providers planning to deploy the Methode micro-DPU have several
options for G.hn connectivity in a pluggable SFP form factor ranging
from an F-type connector for coax, RJ11 for phone line and RJ45 for
Cat-5e cable. All Methode’s G.hn SFP modules integrate MaxLinear’s G.hn
Wave-2 chipset and are fully interoperable with G.hn products from other
vendors. The SFP modules are designed to be used both on the micro-DPU
side or in third-party residential gateways, simplifying inventory
management by service providers.

Technical Details: LEA PSETT02US

The PSETT02US from LEA Networks is a reverse power injector based on the
ETSI TS 101 548 standard. Product features include:

The Methode micro-DPU and G.hn SFP modules are available now from
Methode. The PSETT02US RPF PSE device is available now from LEA
Networks. A live demonstration of the complete solution will be
displayed at the TNO Ultra-fast Broadband Seminar, held in The Hague,
from June 19th to June 21st.

About dataMate Methode Data Solutions

dataMate is a tier-one manufacturer of high-performance pluggable
products in all of the most prevalent form factors. All are engineered
to achieve data transfer rates rivaling fiber-optic speeds while
utilizing existing copper infrastructure. Offerings include network
demarcation equipment, managed fiber link extenders, transceiver
modules, loopbacks and direct-attached transceiver cable assemblies,
which can be customized according to application. Learn more at http://www.methode.com/data/high-speed-copper-transceivers-modules.html#.VsNSbGcVHL8.

About Methode

Methode Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: MEI) is a global developer of custom
engineered and application specific products and solutions with
manufacturing, design and testing facilities in Belgium, Canada, China,
Egypt, Germany, India, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico, Singapore,
Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. We design,
manufacture and market devices employing electrical, electronic,
wireless, safety radio remote control, sensing and optical technologies
to control and convey signals through sensors, interconnections and
controls. Our business is managed on a segment basis, with those
segments being Automotive, Interface, Power Products and Other. Our
components are in the primary end markets of the automobile, computer,
information processing and networking equipment, voice and data
communication systems, consumer electronics, appliances, aerospace
vehicles and industrial equipment industries. Further information can be
found on Methode’s Web site www.methode.com.

About MaxLinear

MaxLinear, Inc. (NYSE: MXL), is a leading provider of radio frequency
(RF), analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for the connected
home, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multimarket
applications. MaxLinear is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. For
more information, please visit www.maxlinear.com.

About LEA Networks

LEA Networks is a worldwide leader in xDSL/G.fast splitters and filters,
Power Line Communication (PLC), Power over Ethernet (PoE), Reverse Power
Systems, and lightning protection and connectivity solutions for the
telecommunication industry. The company researches, designs, markets,
and distributes a wide range of standard and custom products, which have
been deployed by over 150 carriers worldwide. Headquartered in Paris,
France, LEA Networks is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HF Company
(Euronext: HF). More information is at https://www.lea-networks.com.

About TELUS

TELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is Canada’s fastest-growing national
telecommunications company, with $13.6 billion of annual revenue and
13.1 million subscriber connections, including 8.9 million wireless
subscribers, 1.8 million high-speed Internet subscribers, 1.3 million
residential network access lines and 1.1 million TELUS TV customers.
TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services,
including wireless, data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, television,
entertainment, video and home security. TELUS is also Canada’s largest
healthcare IT provider, and TELUS International delivers business
process solutions around the globe.

In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team
members and retirees have contributed over $525 million to charitable
and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered more than 8.7 million
hours of service to local communities since 2000. Created in 2005 by
President and CEO Darren Entwistle, TELUS’ 13 Canadian community boards
and 5 International boards have led the Company’s support of grassroots
charities and have contributed more than $67 million in support of 6,283
local charitable projects, enriching the lives of more than 2 million
children and youth, annually. TELUS was honored to be named the most
outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the
Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian
company to receive this prestigious international recognition. For more
information about TELUS, please visit telus.com.

Cautionary Note About Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking” statements within the
meaning of federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include,
among others, statements concerning or implying future financial
performance or trends and growth opportunities affecting MaxLinear, in
particular statements relating to MaxLinear’s collaboration with Methode
Electronics and LEA Networks to develop a new G.hn-based
fiber-to-the-distribution-point platform as well as TELUS’ selection to
deploy the platform in its broadband network. These forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other
factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from any
future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.
We cannot predict whether or to what extent we will realize revenues
from our collaboration with Methode Electronics, LEA Networks or TELUS.
Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current,
preliminary expectations and are subject to various risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those described in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements may contain words such as “will be,” “will,” “expected,”
“anticipate,” “continue,” or similar expressions and include the
assumptions that underlie such statements. The following factors, among
others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those
described in the forward-looking statements: intense competition in our
industry; the ability of our customers, including TELUS, to cancel or
reduce orders; uncertainties concerning how end user markets for our
products will develop; our lack of long-term supply contracts and
dependence on limited sources of supply; potential decreases in average
selling prices for our products; and the potential for intellectual
property litigation, which is prevalent in our industry. In addition to
these risks and uncertainties, investors should review the risks and
uncertainties contained in MaxLinear’s filings with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission, including risks and uncertainties
identified in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2018. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their
entirety by this cautionary statement. MaxLinear is providing this
information as of the date of this release and does not undertake any
obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this
release as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.